M. P. Möller
Opus R-874, 1973

Updated through online information from Douglas W. Craw.
From Allen Organ Co. Website (I believe work was completed in 2014.)

First Baptist Church, Birmingham, MI. 50 Stop Three-Manual Allen Pipe & Digital Combination Organ . The organ at First Baptist Church was a Möller pipe organ that was originally installed in 1929. It was restored and expanded in 1973. By 2008 the organ console had become quite unreliable and the pipe restoration work of 1973 required additional repair. The pouches and actions inside the wind chests that control the air to the pipes needed re-leathering. The Holden Pipe Organ Company was selected to do this detailed and labor intensive work. At the same time re-voicing was performed to enhance certain pipe voices to make them speak richer and fuller within the auditorium.

All of the pipework was cleaned and new swell shade motors were installed for better control of the expression of the sound. A new console was discussed that would provide a new, reliable, switching system. The console would also provide a myriad of modern features available with today's technology.

Evola Music was consulted and a new 50 Stop, Three-Manual, pipe and digital combination Allen Organ console was chosen. In addition to having a new relay and combination action system for the pipes, many other benefits came along with the new console. Keeping a majority of the 1929 & 1973 Möller pipework, plus updating the organ console, provides an extensive new variety of sounds and possibilities.

Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield.

Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -- This was a rebuild of 1928 3-manual Möller Op. 5340, with tonal additions and a new console.

Identified through on-line information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Antiphonal Division (Manual IV) prepared for only